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Grower Management
Grower Management
Proper cleaning and disinfection of grower house is needed before introduction of grower birds.
Provide sufficient floor space, feeding space and water space
Spread litter material to a height of 4” in case of deep-litter system
Change the feeder and waterer according to the need.
Arrange feeder and waterers in the grower house.
Adopt restricted feeding programme during growing period to prevent fattening of pullers and early
sexual maturity and thus to improved egg production
Follow good litter management to avoid diseases like coccidiosis.
Only 12 hours lighting programme is sufficient in case of open-sided houses. No artificial light is needed.
Aim for the uniformity of the flock. Sample weights are taken once in a week to find out the average body
weight as per the breeder suggestions.
Follow strictly the recommended vaccination, medication and other management programs like
deworming, debeaking etc for the growers.
Restricted feeding
It is adopted during growing period of layers or breeders. There are two types of restricted feeding.
A considerable saving on feed cost because, only 80% of the calculated feed requirement will be offered.
They are likely to consume less feed per dozen eggs even during laying period when they are offered ad
libitum feed.
The pullets accumulate less fat and therefore produce more eggs.
It is easier to identify weaker birds at an early age during feed restriction. Culling of such birds helps not
only saving feed but also promoting layer house survivability because, healthier birds will be moving to
laying house.
Layers feed-restricted during growing period have been found to produce heavier eggs in longer clutches
than those fed ad libitum.
Uniformity
At a given age, growing pullets should have average body weight very closer breeder recommendations and
at least 70% of the birds’ weight within 10% of flock average. Points to be considered for getting uniformity
among growing pullets are,
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